Railway-joint



(No Model.)

J. SPEICHER, RAILWAY Jouw.

No. 402,777. Patented May 7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.v

JOHN SPEICHER, OF JERSEY CITY, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK T. FEARY, OF NEVARK, NEI/V JERSEY.

RAILWAY-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,777, dated May '7, 1.889.

Serial No. 287 ,081. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SPEICHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Joints; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art 1o to which it appcrtains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

The object of this invention is to secure a more even and firm track-surface for railroadcars and to prevent to a larger extent the jar or concussion now experienced is crossing the rail-joints.

The invention consists in the improved railway-joint having the arrangements and combinations of parts substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures, Figure l is a side elevation of the improved joint; and Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken on line zr.

In said drawings, a a indicate the rails of the railway, and b c the fish-plates, which are suitably bolted together with the rails therebetween, as indicated in Fig. 2, c indicating the bolts, which are of any suitable construc- 3 5 tion and arrangement. The lish plate b,

which engages the outer side of the rails, is provided with' a wide seat, m, which extends beneath the rail and serves to give to the rail a rigid bearing. From this seat the plate ex- 4o tends upward and around the ange d of the rail and engages the web a2 of the rail, providing abearing, d, to lie against the top of the flange and bearings e to engage the web. At the upper part ot' the plate b is a horizontal shoulder, f, which rests beneath the head 0,3 and provides a firm bearing which will not tend to force outward the sh-plate from the rail, and an extension, g, which lies at the side of the said head, flush or approximately flush with the upper face of said head, thus provid- 5o ing a bearing' for the wheel of the car and preventing said wheel from rounding down the upper face of the rails at the joint, so that eventually the rail is rendered quite'uneven. The plate c is of like construction, with the exception that it is devoid of the extension g,

so that no obstruction is presented to the flange of the wheel, which engages the inside of the rail, and that the seat is narrower than the one on the opposite plate. By having 6o the seat of the outer plate wider I provide for the outward pressure of' the flange of the wheel, and thus secure greater solidity or firmness.

The seats m of the plates overlap beneath the rail, as indicated at n, and the edges are beveled, so that they may slide past one an other and allow for variety in the width of the rails, as will be understood. The seats are disconnected, so that they will allow of the 7o plates being separated when the bolts c are removed without disturbing the rail.

Beneath the parts e e and the sides of the rail I may introduce a packing, o, of wood, rubber, or other suitable material, to deaden the rail and reduce noise by any possible movement of parts one on the other when the train is passing over.

By the construction described the bearings f, CZ, and m serve to resist vertical displacement 8o and hold the ends of the rails, so that there will be little chance for vibration, while the extension g serves to prevent the wheels of the cars from working a recess or depression at the joint.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. In combination with the rail, plates b c, having disconnected overlapping seats m m, and bearings d e, and suitable bolts, substan- 9o tially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination, rails a, plates b c, having seats m m, bearings d e, and one of said plates having an extension, g, bolts c', and packing, 0, interposed between the rails and 95 said plates, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination, rails 0 plates b c, having seats m m, one of which extends over the have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of other, bearings d e, mld shoulders f, and one September, 1888. of said plates having an extension, g, and suitable holt-s, all said parts being arranged 5 and operating substantially as and 'for the "Witnesses:

purposes set forth. CHARLES II. PELL,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing' I CONSTANCE II. BALDWIN.

JOHN SPEICHER. 

